Total Crime Rate
231.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albert Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Waterside & Horsfield , and the 31st highest crime rate of 297 local areas in Pendle .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Albert Road (BB8 0BU) in the last 12 months was 231.0 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% higher than the Waterside & Horsfield average (127.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 69.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albert Road (BB8 0BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spring Place, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Zion Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hartley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Argyle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Zion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Zion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Raglan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Exchange Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyle Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Zion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hartley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitchell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Back Derby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Valley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wordsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Zion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Zion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wordsworth Road | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Zion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Zion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Zion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Zion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Zion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Back Zion Street | Under investigation |
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